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Authors: Laura Bush

Tags: #Autobiography, #Bush; Laura Welch;, #Presidents & Heads of State, #U.S. President, #Political, #First Ladies, #General, #1946-, #Personal Memoirs, #Women In The U.S., #Biography & Autobiography, #Presidents' spouses, #United States, #Biography, #Women

Battle, Kathleen,
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Beamer, David,
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Beamer, Lisa,
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Beamer, Todd,
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-12,
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Beijing Summer Olympics (2008),
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Benedict XVI, Pope,
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Bennett, Elayne,
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Benson, Ray,
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Berman, Lea,
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Bernstein, Andi,
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Bernstein, Tom,
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Besser, Mitchell,
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Best Friends,
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Bethany World Prayer Center,
341
Betts, Lois,
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Betts, Roland,
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Bible,
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Biden, Joe,
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Billington, James,
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bin Laden, Osama,
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Birdwell, Brian,
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Blackaller, Cathie,
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Blair, Cherie,
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Blair, Euan,
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Blair, Tony,
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Blake, James,
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Blanco, Kathleen,
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Blasingame, Ken,
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-76,
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Bloom, David,
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Bo (LWB's dog),
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Bodman, Diane and Samuel,
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Bolten, Josh,
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Borel, Calvin,
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Boston Globe,
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Botella de Aznar, Ana,
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Bowles, Hamish,
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Boyd, James,
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Boyle, Gregory,
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Bradshaw, Phil,
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Bradshaw, Sandy,
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breast cancer,
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-59,
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-98,
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Brice, Mary,
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Brinker, Nancy,
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Brodhead, Richard,
301
Brokaw, Tom,
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Brown, Iran,
273
Brown, Marc,
293
Brown, Michael,
338
Brown, Sandra,
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Bruni, Carla,
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Bryant, Kobe,
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Buchanan, Pat,
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Bullock, Bob,
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Bullock, Jan,
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Bully (LWB's dog),
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-22,
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Bumiller, Elisabeth,
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Burch, Therese,
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Burma,
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-94,
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-11,
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Burnett, Deena and Thomas,
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Burns, Ken,
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Bush, Barbara,
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Bush, Barbara Pierce,
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Bush, Columba,
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Bush, Doro,
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Bush, George H. W.: campaign of (1980),
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-3,
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; campaign of (1984),
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; campaign of (1988),
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-26,
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-30,
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; campaign of (1992),
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; as congressman,
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; as father,
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-13,
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; health of,
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; LWB's views on,
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; as president,
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; as representative to China,
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; as Republican,
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-29; Senate campaign of (1970),
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; as vice president,
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; in World War II,
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Bush, George W.: approval ratings of,
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; background of,
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; birthday of,
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; campaign of (2004),
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; childhood of,
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; drinking given up by,
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; education of,
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; family of,
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-3,
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; as father,
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-76; financial situation of,
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-86; in GHWB's presidential campaign (1988),
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-26; as governor of Texas,
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; gubernatorial race of (1998),
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; health of,
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; inaugurations of,
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; at Kennebunkport, Maine,
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; LWB's first meeting with,
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; in Midland, Tex.,
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; oil business of,
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; personality of,
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; post-presidential life of,
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-32; as president,
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; religious faith of,
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; as Republican,
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; speeches by,
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; staff of,
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; "surge" policy of,
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; in Texas Air National Guard,
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; as United Way chairman,
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Bush, Jeb,
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Bush, Jenna,
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Bush, Laura Welch: auto accident of,
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; birth of,
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; brokerage house job of,
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; childhood of,
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; Crawford, Tex., ranch of (Prairie Chapel Ranch),
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-3; as Girl Scout,
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